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[Printed Circular #38 from Governor Fernandez]

Description: Printed circular #38 from Governor Fernandez to the citizens in Tamaulipas. According to the circular, in order to protect the Supreme Court Justices and acaldes against false accusations, no Supreme Court justice or tax assessor may be accused after one year and alcaldes after six months of the supposed default.
Date: November 15, 1831
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Decree from Conde de la Sierra Gorda]

Description: Decree from the Conde de la Sierra Gorda to officials in six villages in Nuevo Santander wanting them to send a list of properties and land in abeyance. Included are handwritten signatures from village officials acknowledging receipt of the decree.
Date: December 15, 1791
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Printed Circular #37 from Governor Fernandez]

Description: Printed circular #37 from Governor Fernandez to the citizens of Tamaulipas. According to the circular, the Congress of Tamaulipas decrees that the Treasury Department (Ley de Hacienda) Law of Nov. 14, 1832 will remain active. Articles 2, 3 and 4 stipulate the salaries to be paid top officials.
Date: November 15, 1831
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Consul Mortuary Certificate for Wendell Tarver]

Description: Official diplomatic packet authorizing the transfer of Wendell Tarver's remains from Monterrey, Mexico to Laredo, Texas for burial. The official consul certificate is signed and sealed with a ribbon that connects all of the accompanying paperwork required for the transfer: the official death certificate (in Spanish, documenting Tarver's death at age 40 from a suspected heart attack, "infarto del miocardio"), the affidavit from the embalmer documenting the preparation for transfer, and travel o… more
Date: July 15, 1971
Creator: Parson, Wesley H.
Partner: Private Collection of the Tarver Family

[News Script: Fort Worth girls in Tijuana]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Patrician Ann Wilson and Gaylene Freeman waiting for their lovers, the murder suspects James Edward Davis and Billy Ray Clifton, to be freed from jail in Tijuana, Mexico.
Date: January 15, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Rio hijacking]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: February 15, 1983, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 50 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Douglas M. Herrera to John J. Herrera - 1969-10-15]

Description: Letter from Douglas Herrera to his father, John J. Herrera, dated October 15, 1969. The letter, mailed from University of the Americas in Mexico to Houston, Texas, details the new house Douglas has found near campus. Douglas also wishes his father luck on an upcoming speech and discusses the ways he believes the Latino minority can elevate itself in society through peaceful means and expresses concern over the tactics of the Brown Power Movement.
Date: October 15, 1969
Creator: Herrera, Douglas M.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
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